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DAVID SMITH OF
AUSTIN COLLEGE, a sophomore on the 'Roos men's
tennis team from San Antonio, Texas, has been selected the SCAC
Character & Community Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the
week ending April 14, 2013.
While working on a dual-major in Business Administation and French
with a minor in Leadership, Smith has been an
active member of the Austin College community both as a member of
the men’s tennis team in addition to his involvement in
various organizations across campus, the Sherman community as well
as his home community of San Antonio and other parts of Texas.
He is a member of Austin College’s Posey Leadership
Institute, where he has worked with children across Texas to teach
them the basics of leadership, as well as serving on committees
that determined which company received the Greater Dallas Business
Ethics Award. He has also helped select the Posey Leadership Award
given by Austin College each year. Through the Posey Leadership
Institute, Smith has worked with children at
Booker T. Washington school of performing arts and the Barack Obama
school of leadership.
Smith is also a member of the Student Assembly,
and Chi Tau Chi, a Christian service fraternity through which he
has worked both individually and as part of a group to set up
service projects.
He is also a resident assistant and is the vice president of Austin
College’s French Club.
Smith is a group leader in Austin College
Activators, which is a group of students led by the school’s
Chaplin that facilitates weekend retreats for elementary and high
school students.
He has also worked as a counselor at Laity Lodge Youth Camp in
Leaky, Texas, where he supervised campers and led them in
activities and discussions to help them improve physically,
mentally, and spiritually. Additionally, Smith has
served as a youth intern at First Presbyterian Church in San
Antonio, working with middle and high school kids and helping to
plan and lead mission trips while also planning events and leading
Sunday School sessions.
SCAC Character & Community Male Student-Athlete of the Week |
|
Week 1 | Evan Perkins, Southwestern University |
Week 2 | Kellan Klaus, Centenary College |
Week 3 | Sal Perdomo, Trinity University |
Week 4 | Daniel Wright, Colorado College |
Week 5 | Mitchell Camp, Austin College |
Week 6 | Kenneth Waterbury, University of Dallas |
Week 7 | Jackson Ross, Austin College |
Week 8 | Michael Cantu, Southwestern University |
Week 9 | Kym Malone, University of Dallas |
Week 10 | C.J. Robison, Trinity University |
Week 11 | Michael Schwandt, Centenary College |
Week 12 | Will Bowers, Colorado College |
Week 13 | Brady Kent, Southwestern University |
Week 14 | Andrew Bossert, University of Dallas |
Week 15 | David Smith, Austin College |